American Next-Gen Software Sales: The Chart! (Jan-Apr)

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mrstickball said:
Again, as I stated: The Wii hasn't sold anymore software than the 360 did in the same January-April timeframe if you just counted LTDs upto this point. The 360 sold around 4.7m units last year versus the Wiis 4.5m (not including Wii Sports). This is kind of suprising, since the Wii outsold the X360 by around 1 million units by this time. So.......That means the Wii has about a 5:3 ratio in terms of hardware, but only a 1:1 ratio in terms of software.

Thanks for sharing the charts, very interesting.  I think, even though the inclusion of Wii Sports as a pack-in obviously has a large effect on software sales, we shouldn't consider it comparatively due to it being a no-choice purchase for anyone who buys a Wii.

Taking that approach, Wii's software sales are a little disappointing compared with X360.  Obviously, competition compared to no competition has a lot to do with this, but also Wii I would say needs some big games pretty soon to keep momentum going.  There's only so long people will play Wii Sports, Wii Play, WarioWare and Zelda before they want something else.  Fortunately for Wii owners, I think those games are in the pipeline or just released (Super Paper Mario).

Another thing that is underscored by the data is, as we all know, PS3 has a long way to go and not just in hardware sales.